New residential investment hotspot created by mixed-use plan

Maidstone council has approved plans to redevelop an ex-Royal Mail Sorting Office site at Maidstone East for mixed-use but predominantly residential development. The development will include 180 flats, 1,863 square metres of commercial and/or community space and an acre of park owned and managed by the council. Stuart Jeffery, Leader …

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Royal Mail confirms delivery issues in Banstead

Royal Mail is a business that provides postal and delivery services six days a week to homes across the United Kingdom. In a small number of local offices, this may temporarily not be possible due to local issues such as high levels of sick absence, resourcing, or other local factors. …

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Second IT system Capture ‘likely’ to have caused shortfalls

Getty Images An accounting system used by Post Office sub-postmasters before the controversial Horizon software was introduced is likely to have also been faulty, an investigation has found. A report said “there was a reasonable likelihood” that the IT system, called Capture, could have created cash shortfalls in accounts. Capture …

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Firefighters tackle fire at house

Firefighters have tackled a blaze at a house in East Sussex. Emergency services were called to Market Place in Hailsham at about 22:10 BST on Saturday. Three fire engines were at the scene after a blaze spread from the garage at the property, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said. …

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